This program transfers data from host to host on command line (within your telnet sessions). You may copy directories recursively, send/receive stdin/stdout, use your own filters, set net buffer size, set bandwidth, accept specified clients, start pftp as a daemon, let inetd start pftp, send files and directories (including a message file) to other people on the net, manage the data, use host specific variables, test the net performance, set optimized values for Gigabit Ethernet links, send/receive AUDIO and VIDEO streams via UDP unicasted, broadcasted, and multicasted etc. pftp supports IPv4 as well as IPv6/IPng with all of the above mentioned features.
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- ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/network/file-transfer/pftp-1.1.6.tar.gz
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1 commentPftp
The easiest client server ftp program we have seen. Stephie @ HPUX Archive.